Re: [PATCH][next] tty: serial: jsm: remove redundant assignments of several variables

[Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>]

On 22/04/2021 13:52, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 01:11:15PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>>
>> Several variables are being assigned with values that are never
>> read and being updated later with a new value. The initializations
>> are redundant and can be removed.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_cls.c | 6 ++----
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_cls.c b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_cls.c
>> index b507a2cec926..b58ea4344aaf 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_cls.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_cls.c
>> @@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ static void cls_assert_modem_signals(struct jsm_channel *ch)
>>  
>>  static void cls_copy_data_from_uart_to_queue(struct jsm_channel *ch)
>>  {
>> -	int qleft = 0;
>> -	u8 linestatus = 0;
>> +	int qleft;
>> +	u8 linestatus;
>>  	u8 error_mask = 0;
>>  	u16 head;
>>  	u16 tail;
>> @@ -365,8 +365,6 @@ static void cls_copy_data_from_uart_to_queue(struct jsm_channel *ch)
>>  	head = ch->ch_r_head & RQUEUEMASK;
>>  	tail = ch->ch_r_tail & RQUEUEMASK;
>>  
>> -	/* Get our cached LSR */
>> -	linestatus = ch->ch_cached_lsr;
>>  	ch->ch_cached_lsr = 0;
> 
> Why leave this assignment in? Looks like this was all copy-pasta, but
> this assignment makes even less sense now that you remove the comment
> and load.

Which assignment are you referring to?

> 
> Johan
>